Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Stephen Reports Seeing Jesus At The Right Hand of God. The Jews Stone Him To Death

⁵⁴ And hearing these things, they were infuriated in their hearts, and were grinding their teeth at him. ⁵⁵ But being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked-intently into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right side of God. ⁵⁶ And he said, “Behold— I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right side of God!” ⁵⁷ And having cried-out with a loud voice, they held-shut their ears, and rushed against him with-one-accord. ⁵⁸ And having driven him outside of the city, they were stoning him. And the witnesses laid-aside their garments at the feet of a young-man being called Saul. ⁵⁹ And they were stoning Stephen while he was calling-upon Jesus and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”. ⁶⁰ And having put down his knees, he cried-out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not set this sin against them”. And having said this, he fell-asleep. 8 ¹ And Saul was giving-approval to his killing.

The Church Is Persecuted And Driven Out of Jerusalem

And a great persecution came about on that day against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed^[a] throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.